Explores the debate over physician-assisted suicide and access to health care, looking at the implications of the medical covenant with regard to euthanasia and health care reform, and provides a covenantal view of professional character and virtue.
patients, physicians, and the license to kill in the Third Reich
Gallagher, Hugh Gregory
1995
A study of the systematic murder of physically and mentally disabled people in the Third Reich based on captured Nazi documents, transcripts of testimony of the doctors and other participants in the killing program, and personal interviews.
Presents an examination of the issues related to the right to die, providing information on longevity, suicide, euthanasia, dying with dignity, and more.
Examines the moral aspects of health care and biological experiments, including such issues as abortion, the rights of patients, mercy killing, and genetic engineering.